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Staff Network Engineer
| Company | Leidos |
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| Location | Odenton, MD, USA |
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| Salary | $89700 – $162150 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or Master’s degree with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience. Specific experience, education and training may be considered in lieu of degree.
- Experience designing, deploying, and operating software defined networking solutions
- Strong understanding of networking in the areas of LAN, WAN, TCP/UDP, IPSec, VPN, proxies, routing (L2/L3), firewalls and software defined networking
- Experience implementing dual-stack networking to use both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses simultaneously
- Experience developing and deploying Infrastructure as Code (IaC), utilizing continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools, and leveraging automation platforms such as Ansible or Azure Functions
- Understanding of Federal Government application, server, and network security requirements such as NIST, FedRAMP, and FISMA
- Ability to work effectively within a distributed technical team, aided by strong written and verbal communication skills
- Familiarity with the Atlassian suite, including Jira and Confluence
- Current IAT Level II (or higher) Certification such as Security + CE or CISSP
- Currently possess an active U.S. DoD Secret clearance.
Responsibilities
- Design, maintain, and operate Wireless and Local Area Networks (LANs/WLAN) and Wide Area Networks (WANs), using Infrastructure as Code and Ansible Automation Platform
- Automate network changes on across various vendor platforms and Azure Cloud
- Assist multifunctional team to help optimize and visualize network operations
- Conduct data captures to obtain network performance information
- Provide inputs to the design of the enterprise’s network and mission architecture
- Evaluate network architectures across platforms to ensure alignment to cloud and network modernization strategies, capabilities and requirement sets
- Actively identify opportunities for improvement, including innovations aimed at improving the user experience, improving efficiencies, and lowering sustainment costs
- Enforce security best practices and guidelines, leveraging knowledge of security policies, network security, and data security.
Preferred Qualifications
- Certified Cisco Network Professional (CCNP) or equivalent
- Working experience installing, configuring, and managing Infoblox DDI (DNS, DHCP, and IPAM)
